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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Microsoft Windows PowerShell Command Execution Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

PowerShell can potentially execute arbitrary code when running specially named scripts due to trusting unsanitized filenames. This occurs when “.ps1” files contain semicolons “;” or spaces as part of the filename, causing the execution of a different trojan file;or the running of unexpected commands straight from the filename itself without the need for a second file.

Impact

Command execution

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Affected Products

Windows PowerShell

Remediation

There are no patches/ updates for this product as of yet.

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